Senate Bill sb1088

    Florida Senate - 2001                                  SB 1088

    By Senator Villalobos





    37-659-01

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to uniform traffic citations;

  3         requiring that the Department of Highway Safety

  4         and Motor Vehicles revise the uniform traffic

  5         citation; requiring a law enforcement officer

  6         to indicate on the citation if a traffic

  7         violation or traffic accident was caused by

  8         aggressive driving; defining the term

  9         "aggressive driving" for purposes of the act;

10         requiring the department to report to the

11         Legislature on the number of recorded incidents

12         of aggressive driving in the state during a

13         specified period; providing an effective date.

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15  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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17         Section 1.  (1)  The Department of Highway Safety and

18  Motor Vehicles shall revise the form of the uniform traffic

19  citation so that the form remains consistent with the Florida

20  Traffic Court rules but includes a box that shall be checked

21  by a law enforcement officer when the officer believes that a

22  traffic violation or traffic accident for which the officer

23  issues a citation was caused by aggressive driving. As used in

24  this section, the term "aggressive driving" means:

25         (a)  Exceeding the lawful or posted speed by more than

26  15 miles per hour.

27         (b)  Unsafely or improperly changing lanes, as defined

28  in section 316.085, Florida Statutes.

29         (c)  Following another vehicle too closely, as defined

30  in section 316.0895, Florida Statutes.

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    Florida Senate - 2001                                  SB 1088
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  1         (d)  Failing to yield the right-of-way, as defined in

  2  section 316.079, section 316.0815, or section 316.123, Florida

  3  Statutes.

  4         (e)  Improperly passing, as defined in section 316.083

  5  or section 316.085, Florida Statutes.

  6         (f)  Failing to obey a traffic-control device, as

  7  defined in section 316.074 or section 316.075, Florida

  8  Statutes.

  9         (2)  The Department of Highway Safety and Motor

10  Vehicles shall submit a report to the President of the Senate

11  and the Speaker of the House of Representatives by February 1,

12  2002, which sets forth the number of incidents of aggressive

13  driving in this state during the preceding 6-month period.

14         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

15  law.

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18                          SENATE SUMMARY

19    Requires the Department of Highway Safety and Motor
      Vehicles to revise the form of the uniform traffic
20    citation so that a law enforcement officer may indicate
      on the citation if a traffic violation or accident was
21    caused by aggressive driving. Defines the traffic
      offenses that constitute "aggressive driving." Requires
22    that the department report to the Legislature on February
      1, 2002, the number of incidents of aggressive driving
23    which were reported during the previous 6 months.

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